welder isn't heating up enough

not usually, thats why I was confused.

 

test it on your 110 power outlet. if you get 110v there, then you know you what your range is

 

well, I'm hooped now, I wrecked my leads haha

 

damn, i guess ill be subbed till then

 

AHH! I found some old leads!

 

let's go over this, I set my meter to the 200 volt rating, and then connect positive lead to the elctrode holder ( in place of a welding rod) and the negative lead on my ground clamp. and it should read around 80 volts?

 

correct. if you get half, then your only getting 120v to the trasformer. if your getting 80v but not enough heat while welding, then theres a loose conection that is not letting the amperage through. And make sure the welder is set at its highest setting

Make sure your not in the amps setting by accident

 

k so I did that, when I had my amperage on my welder set to 70amperes, i read 38.9volts on my meter, when I turned the welder up to 180, I was only reading around 30volts and when I had the welder down to 30amperes, i was also reaing around 30 volts

On the front of my welder it says max welding capacity 180 amps at 25 arc volts, does that mean anything to anyone?

 

sounds like im getting 120v then doesn't it?

why would that be? I'm using the dryer plug in...

 

voltage while welding is lower than OCV.
here is a parts break down, http://content.lincolnelectric.com/pdfs/products/navigator/parts/P43.pdf

im still looking for the wiring diargam

 

it could be the wiring in the input plug that is off. if you have the ground wire and the hot lead in a cicuit, then you will only get half of the 220 volts.

 

ok I'm new, can you explain further?

edit: do you mean when I wired my welder to the dryer plug I have something backwards?

 

yes, double check that
im trying to find a diagram to help you see the circuit.

 

ok, so this is all from welder to dryer plug...
the dirty white wire goes to white
black to black
green to red

and the neutral wire on the dryer plug is just hanging not attached to anything..

 

lets clear this up.

do you have plug

A.


or

plug

B.

 

lol I had this...



I opened it up, and wired it to this...

 

okay, the try green to the top round stud. black and white to the two side ones. leave the red wire off and none on the bottom one.
hope theres no big difference in canadian input plug wiring.
the plug you installed in normally for three phase power

 

it's cord to cord though, not just cord to plug, so I don't know which color is which..

 

You need to let someone that knows what they are doing do this

 

why? Yuma seems to know what he's doing, and he's helping me learn, what's wrong with that?